US Patent Issued to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE on Feb. 18 for "Spout for a package, lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a spout" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,344, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Spout for a package, lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a spout" was invented by Davide Morciano (Modena, Italy), Pietro Martini (Parma, Italy), Rocco De Paola (Modena, Italy), Paolo Zanon (Modena, Italy), Ivan Orlandi (Savignano sul Panaro, Italy), Anna Rosa Vietri (Modena, Italy), Cristian Costarelli (Ancona, Italy) and Davide Corradi (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a spout for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The spout comprises at l...